Following his dismissal at the hands of Mitchell Starc on the fourth day of the third Ashes Test, England batsman Harry Brook openly admitted to feeling frustrated and agitated watching proceedings from the dressing room.
Despite his disappointment, Brook’s played a match-winning role with his 75-run knock and his 59-run partnership with Chris Woakes, helping England navigate through Australia’s short-ball strategy.
Having lost his wicket, Brook anxiously watched the remainder of the match from the dressing room, witnessing Woakes (32 not out) and Mark Wood (16 not out) work together to secure England’s three-wicket victory in a nail-biting finish.
“It’s a lot more nerve-wracking when you’re sat up there than in the middle. I’m not one to blow up when I get in the changing room but I had a little blow-up today. I like getting us over the line and yeah, it was annoying that I didn’t today, but I’m happy we won,” Brook said as quoted by Sky Sports.
“Everybody (in the dressing room) erupted. We only needed about 20 runs, and I had complete and utter faith in Woakesy and Woody. It was tense for a little while but when Woody hit that six, we kind of knew it was on,” Brook added.
England were down to six wickets when Brook started to keep England in the game as well as the series. He revealed the conversation that was going on between him and Woakes.
“Me and Woakesy were just trying to build a partnership there, just trying to go down in fives: we got it down to 40 and we said, ‘Let’s try and get it down to 35’; then, ‘Let’s try and get it down to 30.’ Then obviously I got out, which made it a bit more nerve-wracking,” said Brook.
The fourth Test of the five-match series will be played from July 19 at Old Trafford, with Australia leading the series 2-1.
